Pin.



- PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

P. J. KRISTOFBK.

PIN.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 4. 1905.

W1 ZNESSES A TTORNEYS THE mznms PETERS FRANK .I. KRISTOFEK, OF GOSHOGTON, OHIO.

PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

Application filed September 4, 1906. Serial No. 333,208.

: lapel of a coat, and to decrease the expense attending their manufacture.

With the foregoing and other ob ects in view, which Wlll appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combi-' nation and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the recise embodiment of invention herein disc osed can be made within the scope of the following claims without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the accom anying drawings forming part of this speciEcationz-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pin constructed in ac cordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation, showing the pin engaged with a piece of fabric which is illustrated in section; and Fig. 3 is a still larger side elevation of the pin with the badge or pendant removed.

Like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawing.

The reference letter A indicates a shank; and B, a badge or other suitable pendant. The shank A is formed of a piece of wire having a point 1 at its lower end and a point 2 at its upper end. In order to provide means for holding the pendant B, the upper end of the piece of wire from which the pin is to be formed, is bent to produce an'eye 3, the point 2 of which is pointed in a direction opposite the point 1 at the other end of the shank and is disposed a short distance from the upper end of the shank, as shown, said point 2 being disposed at an acute angle with respect to the shank so as to form a tapering entrance throat 4. The eye 3 is located at one side of the shank, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, so as to dispose the pendant B a proper distance in front of the shank. When the pin is inserted into a garment or other piece of fabric 5, as shown in Fig. 2, the portion of the fabric adjacent the upper end of the pin enters the entrance throat 4. in such manner that any attempt to withdraw the pin from the garment causes the point 2 to enter the fabric and act as a barb or safety device for preventing the accidental withdrawal or loss of the pin.

The improved pin of this invention is strong, simple, durable and inexpensive in construction as well as thoroughly efiicient in use.

What is claimed is:

1. A pin formed of a piece of straight wire pointed at each end, one of said ends being bent into a substantially circular eye leaving the point thereof adjacent to but out of contact with the shank of the pin, the shank, eye and eye point being in the same plane.

2. A pin formed of a piece of straight wire pointed at each end, one end of said wire being bent to form an eye with the point ex tending in a direction opposite the other point and adjacent the shank of the pin and so disposed in relation thereto. as to form a tapering throat between said shank, the eye and its point, the parts lying in the same plane.

3. A pin comprising a straight shank pointed at each end and having a substantially circular eye at one end formed by bending the end of the shank of said pin thereby leaving a narrow space between said shank and the pointed end of the eye to form an open tapering entrance throat to the eye, all of said parts lying in the same plane.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J. KRISTOFEK.

Witnesses:

LORA SMITH, E. O. SELBY. 

